city of heroes

Official Site: City of Heroes
Studio: Paragon Studios/NCsoft
Launch Date: April 27, 2004
Sunset Date: November 30, 2012
Homecoming License Date: January 4, 2024
Genre: Superhero Hybrid Themepark
Business Model: Hybrid F2P (Optional Sub, Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, Mac

Our more specific coverage of the City of Heroes revival is also binned here; you can find the tighter chronology of community rogue server posts right here; regular coverage following the official licensing of the Homecoming servers resumes under the regular City of Heroes tag.

The Daily Grind: Would you pay a sub for complete access to all cosmetics in an MMO?

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Last month on the MOP Podcast, we tackled a question from a reader named Aaron who was musing on whether modern MMOs could learn...

Ship of Heroes celebrates Independence Day with a new auction hall video

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You folks wanna know how hard the Ship of Heroes people are working? They put out a new video on the Fourth of July....
You made it sing, all right.

Into the Super-verse: A quick-and-dirty guide to picking the right City of Heroes archetype – Redside edition

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The fun thing about City of Heroes is... well, there are lots of fun things. But one of the fun things is that the...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 227: Your letters, our answers!

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Justin and Bree dip into the mailbag for a full clean-out! Topics include City of Heroes and sunsets, offensive names, player housing, returning to MMOs, MMO associations, memorabilia, Hytale, modding, and whether early access would've saved WildStar.

Choose My Adventure: TERA and the argument in favor of ‘just OK’ gaming

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When TERA was voted as the choice for this past month's Choose My Adventure subject, I pretty much went in to the game with...

One Shots: Intergalactic tourists

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Do you ever get that feeling that you spend all of this energy and time in MMOs trying to get to the next zone...
It ensues.

The Daily Grind: Two months in, have you tried the resurrected City of Heroes?

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So I spent a bunch of time over last weekend playing City of Heroes again. The game died seven years ago, but like any...

Vrooooooom: Ship of Heroes demos its superspeed travel power

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Superspeed: It's probably the first travel power that most superhero MMO players pick up. And now it's in Ship of Heroes, per the game's...

Massively Overthinking: Always be achievin’ (in MMOs)

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A while back, my husband and I were idly chatting about MMO achievements. Neither one of us is much of an achievement hunter, or...
Town.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 226: On the cusp of FFXIV’s Shadowbringers

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Eliot, Justin, and Bree discuss Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers, Harry Potter Wizards Unite, WoW Rise of Azshara, SWTOR, Camelot Unchained, and Champions Online, with a mailbag question on XIV's endgame.

Choose My Adventure: Getting to the group stuff in TERA

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My final week in TERA saw me hitting the ground running, looking to utilize whatever means I could to chow through the levels, get...
Call the WAAAAAMbulance.

Global Chat: Daybreak is a zombie, walking

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What can call an MMO blogger out of retirement? A game studio putting in below the bare minimum of effort in its updates seems...

One Shots: The gloaming hour

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Are you a morning person or do you come alive in the evening? Depending on the day/night cycle of an MMORPG, you may in...

The Daily Grind: What are the most nostalgic MMO music tracks for you?

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As one of the hosts of Battle Bards and the writer of this site's Jukebox Heroes column, I obviously hold great affection for MMORPG...
Well, we've got an idea.

Into the Super-verse: A quick-and-dirty guide to picking the right City of Heroes archetype – Blueside edition

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What's amazing about the unexpected City of Heroes revival (and does that ever feel good to type) isn't just that old players are eager to go...

The Stream Team: MassivelyOP takes on City of Heroes!

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You've heard many a MOPster talking about City of Heroes -- just not Massively OP's MJ.  Well now you can watch a bunch of...

Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen offers a closer look at the Enchanter class, posts June newsletter

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When Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen goes live, I suspect the Enchanter class is the one I would gravitate toward. Its primary functions are...
SHOUT!

The Daily Grind: What are you going to roll in WoW Classic?

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I swear that we are all of us caught in a time loop right now. It's not 2019, it's really just 2004, when City...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 225: The slash and burn of Amazon Game Studios

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Justin and Bree discuss E3, Black Desert, Warframe, Last Oasis, Amazon, New World, Ship of Heroes, SWG Legends, LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, with mailbag questions on monetizing character costuming and beating bad launch dead horses.

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the best systems for helping newbies?

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A while back I saw a deeply underrated post on the MMORPG subreddit about mentoring systems. I don't mean the kind of systems like...

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